“You are all a lost generation,” Gertrude Stein said to Hemingway. We weren’t lost. We knew where we were, all right, but we wouldn’t go home. Ours was the generation that stayed up all night.” ― James Thurber

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“You are all a lost generation,” Gertrude Stein said to Hemingway. We weren’t lost. We knew where we were, all right, but we wouldn’t go home. Ours was the generation that stayed up all night.” ― James Thurber

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In this quote from James Thurber’s Selected Letters, Gertrude Stein is humorously implying the famous term “Lost Generation” used to refer to writers of the early 20th century. It is reported that Stein told Ernest Hemingway and others that they were “lost” because their writing lacked any sense of direction or purpose.

Thurber’s responses to Stein’s criticisms are witty and sarcastic, suggesting that they are not truly lost, but rather they just don’t want to go home and know exactly where they are. By emphasizing the rebellious and hedonistic nature of the generation, he implies that they are more interested in staying up all night and living life to the fullest than conforming to outdated social norms.

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